Plymouth Rock thread!

[cybercat]

We have our first broody of the year. I let eggs collect in nest box of a hen that was sleeping in one. This will be her second time being broody. She will be 3 this year.

Which brings up a good question do we have anyone here with older rocks? Are they still producing?

 

[Robert Blosl]

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There is a trio in Lima that has a male that is one of the best I have ever seen. He should have some surplus birds to sell in the fall. Also, there will be plenty of barred bantams at the Ohio National in the fall. Getting chicks or eggs in barreed bantams is not good. Just not enough good breeders who will do this. bob

 

[juliechick]

I ordered Barred Rock bantam eggs from Dick Horstman. I ended up with a trio (luck!). He is a master breeder of 50 years experience and he sells hatching eggs on here sometimes. Here are a couple shots of the ones I hatched:

 

[punky rooster]

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very nice

 

[babyrnlc]

Here are my new pullets. I was told they are about 6 weeks old.

Pepper

Penny

 

[Robert Blosl]

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Very nice barred rock bantams. Of all the birds Dick has I think his Barred Rock Bantams are his best. The pullet in the back ground has very nice type. Lucky you. bob

 

[Robert Blosl]

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I read your web site and bless you for what you do. What a specialty. I am a nurse as well and specialize in Memory loss patients. What a challenge that is every night on the 2 to 10 shift.

Glad you have Barred Rocks. Are they large fowl?

There is a big interest in the barred rocks this year there is a fellow in Nebraska who got some Heritage Barred Rock Large fowl from Frank Reese from Kansas that go back to the 1890s . These birds are breed for taste to be sold as Heritage meat chickens in health food stores and to private buyers. I cant Waite to get some and raise them.

The barred Rock Large Fowl are becoming one of the most popular Plymouth Rocks in our hobby and our club. I am glad you have some and look forward to what they will look like when they are mature. bob

 

[juliechick]

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Very nice barred rock bantams. Of all the birds Dick has I think his Barred Rock Bantams are his best. The pullet in the back ground has very nice type. Lucky you. bob

Thank you! My son showed them this year at the AR State Fair Poultry show (an APA show) and the one you're referring to won Jr. Champion SCCL. We were thrilled.

 

[babyrnlc]

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I read your web site and bless you for what you do. What a specialty. I am a nurse as well and specialize in Memory loss patients. What a challenge that is every night on the 2 to 10 shift.

Glad you have Barred Rocks. Are they large fowl?

There is a big interest in the barred rocks this year there is a fellow in Nebraska who got some Heritage Barred Rock Large fowl from Frank Reese from Kansas that go back to the 1890s . These birds are breed for taste to be sold as Heritage meat chickens in health food stores and to private buyers. I cant Waite to get some and raise them.

The barred Rock Large Fowl are becoming one of the most popular Plymouth Rocks in our hobby and our club. I am glad you have some and look forward to what they will look like when they are mature. bob

Thank you! I love it! I feel so blessed to get paid to be at people's miracles!

Do you mean Large as opposed to bantum? I am pretty clueless still if you haven't noticed lol. They are not Bantums. We have only been chicken owners for 2 weeks now. I have been studying like crazy but there is so much.

We wanted good layers and we can only have 6 hens, so we wanted some color and variation. We knew we did not want RIR, so BR was the next best thing we researched and the guy we went to look at his birds, he had BR. We also have 1 EE hen, 1 Dark Cornish (my best layer!), and we are keeping these pullets and we have 5 EE chicks that we hope to keep 2 pullets (if we have 2 pullets!) So we should get a nice variety in the coop and in the egg basket

 

[rearrolled]

hay love myn cage is getting cleand out i dont let my chooks live bad

this is what it will look like after